PPSPP games won't start (black screen)

[Gurlok]

The official version is too old, download the latest build from here (look under "Automated PPSSPP Builds")

Quote:Following other's advice I tried to install VC++ 2010 again but that wasn't necessary.

In teory you should install it, if you are running a 32 bit os then you only need to download the x86 SP1 (the old one will not work), while if you are running a 64 bit then it would be best to download and install both x86 and 64 version of the redistributable Package (always SP1).

Quote:The 64 build gave out the MVCR...dll error, but since the emulator works fine on my home PC (a MAC OSX with Bootcamp, much more powerful indeed) the other version was fine, and it apparently is.

The missing .dll is mostly caused by the absence of the redistributable package (in your case the SP1 as I explained right before), but if your os is 32 bit you have no reason to use the 64 bit build.